My kids are going back to school tomorrow. Each summer with them goes faster than the one before. I love my boys and want the world for them. Sadly, the world I'm handing over to them is pretty broken and messed up. Even with the broken world that they're inheriting, they will walk in it a shining Read More

One of my favorite parts of motherhood is our evening walks together to the ponds in our neighborhood. It may sound silly but there's something so sweet and sacred about our time together out in nature, moving our bones, and talking.
It's one of my favorite memories of being a kid. My mom would Read More

Maple biscuit company
This is a little "morning in the life of" post, instead of day in the life of, as all the excitement happened in the morning. It's now 2pm and we're all settled in for the day, far away from the extremely hot outside, and errands, back to playing, and relaxing.
So we Read More

July 4th, 2019
We used to have people over on the 4th when we lived in Missouri because we lived in the outskirts of the city and were able to do the fireworks real nice. Now that we live in the suburbs we aren't allowed to shoot anything off ourselves, but our community does do a big fireworks Read More

I'm happy. Truly, happy. Texas and this season in my life have brought a certain level of joy and contentment. I'm settled. And so happy. Experiences with my family right now, like, walks to the ponds, kicking the ball around at the soccer park, throwing the kids around in the big pool, spending Read More

Welcome and Hello!

Capturing a moment in time, I am the keeper of the memories. I began blogging my children's lives back in 2007 under the name Casual Friday Everyday. I share their lives, little sweet memories, and lots of pictures as a way to capture time in a bottle. And I love to help other young moms (or any age mom!) begin their own memory keeping blogs, too!